Countdown starts for digital edition of Track Access Charges Summit 2020
The allocation of track access charges is an area of intense debate in the rail sector, especially now that COVID-19 is affecting rail transportation. Tomorrow,…
Europe waivers on access charges abolition
Access charges could be reduced or even waived across Europe, in response to the economic downturn brought on by the coronavirus crisis. Initial thinking was…
‘Discounts for noise reduction in trains should be mandatory in EU’
The Dutch government pleads for a mandatory bonus scheme on EU level incentivising the retrofitting of wagons. Retrofitting is the most cost-effective way to reduce…
‘European track access charges international freight more or less harmonised’
When comparing track access charges for international freight trains in different countries, we have somewhat of a harmonised level in Europe, concluded associate professor of…
New mark-ups for rail freight charges Netherlands
The Dutch government has introduced new rules that enable infrastructure manager ProRail to apply new mark-ups in the calculation of track access charges from 2019.…
TACs: ‘Era of charging based only on cost allocation is over’
Track Access Charges expert Justina Hudenko believes the era of charging based only on cost allocation is over. The Chair of LatRailNet, the allocation & charging…